West Ham United have suffered with something of a striker shortage in recent weeks. The club have suffered because of long-term problems to both Enner Valencia and Andy Carroll, and a failure to broker certain deals in the transfer market.

However, they recently snapped up Nikica Jelavic and Victor Moses and are also on the brink of welcoming their record signing back to the fold.

Striker Carroll looks set to be on his way back to first-team action.

It has been reported that he might feature against his hometown club Newcastle United on a week Monday.

Carroll’s last game for West Ham came in a 0-0 draw with Southampton in February and has since gone on to have knee surgery and recover from his problem with a game against his beloved Newcastle seemingly on the horizon.

However some fans are concerned about Carroll being rushed back too soon and picking up yet another injury problem.

One even wrote in to West Ham co-chairman David Gold on Twitter yesterday. Gold then responded, assuring the fan that Carroll was ready for his comeback.

Mathew Nash

I’m Mathew Nash a 27 year old graduate in Sports Studies and I have an insatiable love for sport. With a particularly keen interest for the madcap world of football I have always been known amongst friends as a beacon for bizarre sporting trivia and knowledge. My other passion is for writing and hopefully combining the two will create a superb and entertaining marriage that will create, divide and share opinion.Mathew is a correspondent for the NextGen Series, Ligue 1 and Primeira Liga.